Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Psalms 100:5
How delightfully this verse closeth in upon what went before! Wherefore are such blessings bestowed? it might be well asked: Why hath Jehovah made us, and new made us, in Christ Jesus? Why opened his heavenly courts, and called upon us to come in? Is it because man is deserving, and faithful, and just? Oh no; for in ourselves we are most undeserving. Wherefore is the vast mercy then? Because the Lord is good; the Lord is gracious; he delighteth in mercy. He will have compassion on whom he will... read more
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Psalms 100:4
Here the invitation, or rather the command, is reiterated: surely such a God, such a Creator; such a Redeemer, may well demand our warmest praise. And therefore let us enter into his courts: let us approach his footstool: let praise, thanksgiving, and sacred joy fill every heart, swell every song, burst from every tongue: bless, bless his name! Reader; in the Jewish church, the courts of God's house became the nearest place the Gentiles were permitted to approach, in their sacred worship: and... read more